George Clooney fires back at Donald Trump after President mocked actor for obtaining French citizenship

George Clooney fired back at Donald Trump after he mocked the actor for obtaining French citizenship. 

The Oscar winner, 64, shared his response after the President penned a lengthy post on New Year’s Eve about the actor and his wife, human rights attorney Amal Clooney.

Trump previously called Clooney an ‘average guy’ who ‘complained constantly about common sense in politics’ after the longtime Democrat and his wife secured French citizenship. 

In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Clooney said: ‘I totally agree with the current president. We have to make America great again. 

‘We’ll start in November.’ The actor was apparently referring to the US midterm elections on November 3.

The couple were seen looking smiley and smitten during a romantic outing in the South of France at the start of last month. 

In his original New Year’s Eve post, Trump slammed the couple for becoming French citizens. 

‘Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration, much like we had under Sleepy Joe Biden,’ he wrote.

‘Remember when Clooney, after the now infamous debate, dumped Joe during a fundraiser, only to go onto the side of another stellar candidate, Jamala(K!), who is now fighting it out with the worst governor in the Country, including Tim Waltz, Gavin Newscum, for who is going to lead the Democrats to their future defeat,’ he continued.

Then, Trump referred to Clooney as ‘average’ and said the actor makes ‘totally mediocre’ films. 

‘Clooney got more publicity for politics than he did for his very few, and totally mediocre, movies,’ he wrote.

‘He wasn’t a movie star at all, he was just an average guy who complained, constantly, about common sense in politics. 

In late December, it was revealed that Clooney and his British-Lebanese wife received their French passports, joining their eight-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, in officially becoming French citizens.

Clooney, a politically outspoken liberal, previously cited the country’s privacy laws as one of the reasons why he and his wife decided to raise their children in France.

On December 30, 2025 — just one day before Trump’s New Year’s Eve rant while hosting a gala at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida — Clooney discussed his past relationship with Trump in an interview with Variety. 

‘I knew him very well. He used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I’d see him out at clubs and at restaurants. He’s a big goofball. Well, he was. That all changed.’ 

At one point during the interview, he shared his thoughts about TV networks ABC and CBS settling the lawsuits Trump had filed against them. 

‘If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, “Go f*** yourself,” we wouldn’t be where we are in the country. That’s simply the truth.’  

In July 2025, Paramount, the corporate parent of CBS News, agreed to pay Trump $16 million after the President sued the network over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. 

Six months earlier, ABC had opted to hand over $15 million to Trump’s foundation to settle the lawsuit over how George Stephanopoulos characterized the President’s alleged sexual assault of E Jean Carroll. 

The networks were largely criticized for settling in Trump’s lawsuits, which some have called ‘meritless,’ in what appeared to be an attempt to curry favor with the current administration rather than stand up for press freedom.

He also expressed concern over how CBS News coverage has changed since David Ellison became Paramount’s new owner and installed conservative commentator Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief last year.

‘Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,’ he told Variety. ‘I’m worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press.’ 

About the current state of affairs in the US, he drew parallels to his 2005 historical drama film and play, Good Night, and Good Luck, which is set in the 1950s and follows CBS News anchor Edward R Murrow (David Strathairn) and his longtime friend-producer Fred Friendly (Clooney).

He recited something Murrow said: ‘”Let’s not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” I mean, what a beautiful statement about who we are at our best. But all too often we fall short.’ 

‘It’s a very trying time,’ he said. ‘It can depress you or make you very angry. But you have to find the most positive way through it. You have to put your head down and keep moving forward because quitting isn’t an option.’ 

He co-wrote the screenplay with Grant Haslov and directed the film, making his Broadway debut last summer.